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Nationals and Capitals play tug-o-war with D.C. economy
The Nationals are bringing the baseball playoffs to the city for the first time since 1933, while the Capitals have been locked out by the NHL, and the preseason games have been canceled. The combination could either help or hurt businesses surrounding Nationals Park and the Verizon Center.
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D.C. officials won't receive free Nationals playoff tickets
Under the District's agreement with the Washington Nationals, D.C. officials won't be receiving any free tickets to the playoffs.
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Wedding bells are going to chime for Nats players
For the Nationals, it's the postseason and then wedding season.
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Fashion meets fandom in D.C.
Burgundy and red matched the occasion for the Redskins' home opener and the Nationals' push playoff position.
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Blog: Davey's even-keeled approach has Nats playoff bound
When spring training started in Viera back in February, Nationals manager Davey Johnson felt so good about his team he said, "If we don't win the division, they can fire me."
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Crowd noise leads to clock error in Bruins-Caps
The NHL says the loud crowd in the Capitals' arena contributed to a miscommunication leading to an extra 5.3 seconds being played in Washington's 2-1 victory over Boston.
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Can the Capitals Capitalize?
Here we go again. For the fifth-straight year, the Capitals are in the playoffs. They took early exits the previous four. So, what can we expect this time?
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Bruins' Horton to miss Stanley Cup playoffs
Bruins first-line forward Nathan Horton will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs because of concussion-related symptoms.
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An old foe at the door
Leeds United.
How the mighty have fallen. Old foes from the past, now ensconced as a run-of-the-mill second-level team. That is still not how many of us of a delicate age view this particular club, however. The Leeds United that City faced in the 70s usually provided one of the sternest tests of the season, and it is in this way that many of us like to remember our old foes from across the Pennines.
Later on, in the 80s, the two clubs were just as likely to meet in the second division as the first after the God of Decline and Decay treated us both with equal generosity, but in the 90s both clubs came strong again to populate the higher echelons of English football and do battle for European rewards. In more recent times, both clubs have visited places they dare not speak of, shot down in darkness and despair and Millwall.
Modern football has been unkind to Leeds. The other face of the same coin has catapulted City into the European spotlight, right at the time the riches of European glory were being snatched away from this season's cup opponents. Somewhere in there a cautionary tale waits to be told, but today's job is to celebrate the rich Cup history of these northern giants.
Two games stand out in a modern cup history shared.
The third-round FA Cup tie City played at Elland Road in January 1978 was not only a classic of its kind but was also something of a mirror on all that was football of that era: two sides packed with talent, players with long hair and wide morals, packed terraces, a fistfight between David Harvey and Gordon McQueen -- supposedly teammates for the occasion -- and heaving, rumbustious ill-discipline among the crowd. Bill Elliot, writing in the Express, was moved to say: "It takes a rare kind of match to overcome pitch invasions, a 16 minute stoppage and some of the worst crowd behaviour in the history of our football. The fact that there was as much talk about the game on the park as the sickness on the terraces highlights just how special was Manchester City's defeat of Leeds United ..."
City, fresh from a glorious season in which the Blues finished a single point behind the champions, Liverpool, had been more than unfortunate to exit at Leeds in the fifth round the year before. During that particular game, Joe Corrigan had pulled off what was possibly his best-ever save before a late toe poke from Trevor Cherry nailed it for the home side. It seemed harsh to be going out. Here, then -- just under a year later -- was an opportunity for the Blues to exact revenge on the Yorkshiremen.
A packed Elland Road witnessed a flowing classic of a match from the very first whistle. With Peter Barnes and Dennis Tueart swapping wings throughout the first half, City took the game to a heavily fancied Leeds side. Fed by the inspirational Colin Bell, four games into his tear-jerking comeback from career-threatening injury, City were firing on all cylinders. The first half involved such heavy pressure on the Leeds rearguard, the Leeds players took to fighting among themselves. Harvey and McQueen were spoken to by the referee after comically swinging haymakers at each other. The Thriller in Manila it was not. If this was a shambolic hors d'oeuvres, a main course of utter chaos lay just around the corner.
There was a huge upswell of noise from the 12,000 travelling Blues fans as Tueart flung himself through a jungle of bodies to head high past Harvey for the opening goal. A second goal came with 18 minutes to go, as Barnes got a toe end to the ball to make it 2-0. With 13 minutes left on the clock, a massive surge of Leeds fans carried those at the front onto the pitch at the Kop end. City were dominating the cup tie and this was the home fans' solution: to try to get the game abandoned. The referee took the teams off and reappeared with a tiny microphone to tell the stadium in a trembling voice that "this match will not be abandoned." He repeated his mantra for effect (earning great cheers from the Blues following) before the players finally reappeared some fifteen minutes later. By now, the game had lost its pattern, the crowd were being held back by police horses, and most wanted it to finish as quickly as possible. A penalty came to Leeds among the chaos, but the match was dead as a spectacle and as a contest.
What memories the players had left for us, though.
It seems strange to recount that not much more than a decade ago, Leeds were a European power with a team full of superstars. Their recent demise has been well-documented but they arrived at Maine Road for an FA Cup fourth-round tie in 2000 expecting a hard game from Joe Royle's first division high-fliers. They got just that ... for all of twelve minutes. With City top of the First Division and Leeds top of the Premiership, Maine Road prepared itself for a classic tie. Could Royle's successful dogs-of-war tactics upset the aristocrats from Elland Road? Shaun Goater gave City the lead within two minutes of the kickoff, Eirik Bakke levelled, and Ian Bishop nearly broke the Leeds net with an unstoppable pile-driver. Maine Road was in a complete froth. Unfortunately City had nudged ahead slightly too early and were faced with the prospect of trying to hold Leeds back for the remaining 78 minutes. This proved just beyond Royle's tigers, and Leeds came back into it with goals from Smith, Kewell, Bowyer and Kewell again. Had there not been an athletic Nicky Weaver in goal and a sturdy set of posts, it might have been even more embarrassing by the end.
Leeds had a 5-2 victory and safe passage into the next round, City fans could return to concentrating on the league, and the journalists had their 'Kewell and the Gang' headlines for the Monday editions.
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The Public is often unaware that ticks can carry disease. Patients may ignore a rash and being unaware of the significance of some symptoms, do not relate them to their GP. Thus easily diagnosed early Lyme disease can become very difficult-to-diagnose late and chronic Lyme disease.
Doctors often believe that Lyme does not exist in their area, they do not recognise the rash and they are unaware of the wide variation of symptoms that can affect almost every part of the body. In early 2013, following a James Lind Alliance project, we published a list of verified uncertainties in the treatment and diagnosis of Lyme disease. Our task now is to spread this to medical professionals who may believe that diagnosis and treatment is straightforward.
We are also working with Researchers through the National Institute for Health Research and other bodies to ensure that these known uncertainties are taken up as topics for research.
2012 saw a shift in national policy and the Department of Health and Public Health England are now working with LDA to improve awareness and tackle the uncertainties.
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So you know what the GMAT is all about, but you're unsure exactly how answering all of those questions results in a final score that could make or break your chances for admission into business school. In this and following entries we will break down for you the system behind your score and how the test is administered to obtain that score.
Item Response Theory
Item Response Theory (IRT) is the system used by Computer-Adaptive Testing such as the GMAT CAT to determine which question is the "best" next question based on the demonstrated ability level of the test taker. It is a statistical model that relates the probability of a test-taker correctly answering a problem to characteristics of the problem and the test-taker's true ability. It was first introduced in 1968.
The IRT model states that the probability of a correct response to item i for test-taker X is a function of ai, bi, and ci and test-taker X's true ability. A person's estimated true score is denoted as theta (). True score is the score a test-taker would receive on a perfectly reliable test. Since it is unavoidable for all tests to contain error, true scores are a theoretical concept; in an actual testing program, we will never know an individual's true score. However, we can, compute an estimate of a test-taker's true score and we can estimate the amount of error in that estimate.
P(ui=1 | ThetaX, ai, bi, ci) = ci + (1 - ci) / [1 + exp(-1.7 ai (ThetaX - bi)]
The model typically involves three parameters –
ai defines the ability of the item to discriminate between individual test-takers,
b, is the difficulty of the item, and
ci is the probability that the test-taker would get the question right solely by guessing.
On the GMAT, this model is used to determine your final score, i.e., where you stand on the ability scale, or, what your Theta is. For example, in the graph below, the horizontal axis is the ability scale, ranging from very low (-3.0) to very high (+3.0). When ability follows the normal curve, 68% of the test-takers will have ability between -1 and +1; 95% will be between -2.0 and +2.0. The vertical axis is the probability of responding correctly to this item.
The ai parameter defines the slope of the curve at its inflection point. The curve would be flatter with a lower value of ai; steeper with a higher value. Thus aidenotes how well the item is able to discriminate between test-takers of slightly different ability (within a narrow effective range).
The bi parameter defines the location of the curve's inflection point along the theta scale. Lower values of bi will shift the curve to the left; higher to the right. The bidoes not affect the shape of the curve.
The lower asymptote is at ci=.25. (An asymptote is a straight line or curve A to which another curve B (the one being studied) approaches closer and closer as one moves along it.) This is the probability of a correct response for test-takers with very little ability (e.g. = -2.0 or -2.6). The curve has an upper asymptote at 1.0; high ability test-takers are very likely to respond correctly.
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The club is fine. However, I was disappointed by the fact that they have women in the restrooms that waste excessive amounts of water and paper towels. In this day and age it seems very antiquate and, frankly, just a bad business decision to have some woman hurting the environment and wasting so much. We need to protect the environment and I am disappointed that the management/owners do not think this is a priority.
This club in extremely unsafe, we went with a group of girls on Saturday night, 2 had cell phone stolen from our group, another girl from a different group had her phone stolen, one wallet was stolen, and a thief tried to steal one of our watches...It looks like they try to steal one cell phone from each group of people, and then everyone thinks they just "lost their phone" - but since two were missing, and the phones were definitely in the purses, it's a organized group of thieves. If you read other reviews this has happened for almost two years at Mansion, and the club isn't doing anything about it. There are so many other clubs with nice music and good crowds where there aren't gangs of thieves stealing from people every night, we will not come back.
03.10.12 – THE WORST ever!!! came for spring break & people were saying this would be a good club on saturdays but that was a mistake, waited in line for hour & half; 13 songs played literally -.- asked a few employees there how would we get in quicker theyre response "buy a bottle/table youll get in right away" so basically ppl had to pay $350 just to get in the damn place & the ppl who were standing in line for hours didnt get in till real late..
so therefore i DO NOT RECOMMEND this club to anyone unless you wanna stand in line for hours
OMG – this place is very over priced they include their tip in the bill and my sister didnt know so she gave them an additional tip so she gave them total of 25 $$ tip like wth.. the music was sooo corny you have to know who is throwing the party there in order to want to go there ...
why is this place so popular again? – "ghetto", overpriced, overhyped
WOMEN-BEWARE UNSAFE CLUB – Was there on a thursday night, friday morning. Got there around midnight and had three drinks over five hours--Woke up at South Beach Hostel without my jeans on. underwear missing. I woke up in an unfamiliar place without remembering leaving the club. My hotel was only a couple blocks away. My ipad which was in the center pocket of my large purse was missing also.
Spent the rest of Friday with detectives police officers and at the rape crisis center at Jackson Memorial hospital. Was told that there have been many ghb druggings out of that club. This is not a club you can safely go to on your own i found out. This is by far the worst club experience I have ever had. Wish I had gone elsewhere that night. I was there on business. I had been to plenty of clubs on my own with my travels. If you go to this club do not go alone and always watch the bartender make your drink.
BEST CLUB TO GO TO IN MIAMI! – I've been coming to Miami for years. I'd have to say that I've probably been to every club on South Beach. No club even comes close to Mansion!
This place is gigantic! The design is amazing... unlike most other clubs I've seen. They have a couple rooms that play different music so you can change it up throughout the night. Not to mention they always have the best DJ's. As for drinks, same price you'll find all over south beach but the bartenders here are actually on point so you don't have to stand around for 10 minutes waiting for a drink.
My friends and I were there a couple months ago for the International party they have on Wednesday and had so much fun! They gave us free shots and we danced on the poles... not as good as the proffesional dancers but it was fun! The bartender gave us all a VIP card that gets us in for free anytime we go there. We're going to Miami for 4 days next month and let's just say we'll definitely be at Mansion for at least 3.
Overall, If you are going to Miami and want to go to the best club, Mansion is the place to go and make sure you ask for the VIP card so you don't have to pay cover or wait in line.
Best nightclub in sobe – I've lived on sobe my entire life, i must say this club never seems to fail me. It is always full of energy, the bar staff is amazing, and the djs alwys seem to get the crowd going. The club always has hot girls ready to party and the bartenders always get the party going, with their confetti and co2 to the high beat of the music. If you come to Miami, this is the place to be.
The Best Club in Miami!!! – This place is WOW!!! I love it! Always good DJ. I've got VIP card so now I don't have to wait in line or pay for the entrance. One time was in Mansion 5 nights non stop!!! Great place!!!
Ridiculous! Will NEVER TRY GOING THERE AGAIN!!! – Mansion was awful!!!! My friends and I tried to get into the club for my bachelorette party in June. We live in NY and were so excited to go to Miami. One of the nightclubs we couldn't wait to go to was Mansion. Talk about disappointing! We waited for over 2 hours in the line! The bouncers were jerks and people who gave them some cash, were allowed into the nightclub! We were actually the next group to enter and these awful bouncers just pretended like we weren't there and completely ignored us. Come on, it was my bachelorette party and this would probably be the last night I would party like this for a very long time. If I gave them some cash, I'm sure they would have let us in. Finally, the idiot bouncers let me in, but not the rest of my friends. What jerks! I couldn't believe it! Then I waited inside (right by the door), about 30 minutes for the rest of my friends whom were never allowed in. I ended up leaving and we went elsewhere and had a great time! We went to Mangos! I LOVE that place!!! I will NEVER go to Mansion again! It was a complete waste of our time!
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Ignored by Wayne the bartender. – I walked into the small back bar at about 12:10 Monday afternoon. I sat at the bar (the only guest at the bar) and looked toward Wayne. After a few minutes of watching him walk back and forth, he looks at me and says "Hi" from a distance. He then continued doing what ever it was he was doing. After waiting for 10 minutes, I got up and walked outside.
I met up with a friend and we went back to the bar. At 12:30 we got served. No napkin was given. We were charged by the pint even though there weren't any pint glasses, just small plastic cups. After drinking half the cup, he topped it off. He then went to the other end of the bar and leaned over the bar talking to Chelsea the waitress who was sitting on a bar stool. There was dust on the hanging lights. Robin the manager instructed him on how to turn on the beer cooler. It was a very unprofessional experience.
We then went across the street to Waves. We sat down at 1:01 and were served at 1:02 by Gizelle with napkins placed in front of us, with other people at the bar! Waves is a better establishment.
new chef and menu – Went to jacks where new chef gianluca unveiled new menu. How disappointing!!! The crabcakes where standard fair at best, soup was cold and entree took 35 minutes with empty restaurant.Manager was rude when we indicated unhapiness with experience.Tommy put his name on this and it was embarrasing. Good luck!!
Loud RAP Music – The food is ok, but your dining experience will quickly be ruined by the loud rap music being played. Parking is also a pain, but the loud rap music is intolerable.
Horrible service and wait staff. Hostess sat us at a table and we were never approached again. After waiting 20 minutes we left and will never return. Tables around us were complaining about the horrible food and service as well. Too bad...prior to a change in owners, Jack's used to be a great place to dine.
Must to avoid. – Add another disappointment to the Detroit east-side restaurant scene. The waterfront location is a big plus and a big draw, but everything else is atrocious. Our recent experience mirrors that of the previous post -- indifferent service ("I'd like a Labatt's Blue." "OK, a Labatt's Light?" "A Labatt's Blue." "Oh. OK.") and truly awful food. I ordered beef medallions, posted on the menu above a very specifically worded paragraph setting the house standards of doneness for beef. I ordered it medium-rare, which should have been pink-to-red, with a cool center, and it came well done -- not a hint of pink, and the sauce, advertised as a port-wine reduction, looked like canned gravy. The roasted potatoes tasted like they'd been sitting in the warmer for three days, and even the salad was just OK. I got the impression the money and effort went into the outdoor swimming pool/bar, but the single bar-food item we ordered (onion rings) were just as bad. I think we ate two. The waitress, taking away our half-eaten entrees, made no inquiries about whether we were satisfied.
A member of the management team was table-hopping and talking to customers, but bogged down at the one next to ours and never made it over. By this point we just wanted to put the place behind us.
Gordon Ramsey would fire the staff, redecorate and start from scratch. Listening him dress everyone down would be something I'd tune in for.
Epic Disaster of a Restaurant! – My boyfriend and I went here this past Saturday and what a let down. The service was below average. We waited almost 15 minutes to get some water. The food was terrible. I have never had the sides that don't compliment the main protein. The boyfriend literally spat out his chicken. Trying to make the best of this worst situation, I wanted to order a drink. Guess what, they don't have drink menus!!! On top of that, it took another 15 minutes to get my cough syrup tasting drink. Then I decide maybe dessert will redeem this establishment, but boy was I mistaken, not to mention that our waitress informed me that my dessert was served to another table. I couldn't get myself to take more than a bite out of the horrible so called brownie dessert. They hesitated to remove the item off of our bill.
If we had brought our boat here, I would have been so enraged. This has been the worst food establishment I went to in over 5 years. I not sure how they stay in business and what dishes everyone else ordered but never again.
Please be for warned about this epic disaster of a restaurant!
Jack's has some of the best seafood and fish around. – The service was great and I would recommend Jack's to everyone. I would recommend the mussels and crab cakes, they were to die for. The new owners are really working hard to make this place work and to improve the quality of this place. While I was their with my family one of the owners was going around introducing him self making sure people were satisfied and if they weren't, he was trying to see what he needed to improve. I think his name was Scott and he said he has two other partners that he is working with.
Don't go here if you want to leave happy – We had exceptionally poor food and service. There was 3 in our party, but one of us was extremely hungary, ordering an appetizer and two entrees for himself. So our order was 2 coffees, a coke, spinach dip, 2 fish n chips, a chicken sandwich special, and a well-done bacon cheeseburger. No scratch the bacon, our waitress told us, "they had just had a meeting and they weren't allowed to put anything but cheese on the burger anymore", and she didn't think they had any bacon, but she would check....???, to which the bacon seeker in our party replied no that's ok I don't need bacon...it was 1/2 hour before she came back to tell us there was no fish n chips-- at this "WATERFRONT" "FISH PLACE", so very dissapointedly substitute orders were made-(a well-done mushroom swiss burger (that she'd have to see about! and perch instead) which came wrong wrong wrong and made us all sick (the only thing that was well-done, was the coffee that took about 7 mins to get cream for, my burnt and stale bun on the chick sam, and the popeye-wouldnt-like-it spinach dip...and they didnt act very nice to us about any of it, The bread was good, but it took us asking five different people for it and came very late in the meal, all in all it was a horrible struggle.
Great service, great food, great atmosphere – My Mom and I went to Jack's for dinner last Friday and had a terrific time! The mood was perfect for a relaxing dining experience with a hint of excitment as the weekend began. My Mom had the Hickory Plank Salmon and I had the Filet Mignon. Both entrees were cooked to perfection! We really enjoy dining and these entrees met are highest expectations. The service was attentive, efficient, and friendly. I will definitely visit Jack's again with friends or family.
Best boating bar in the USA, boaters welcome anytime. – Oh my GOD, What a great place! Food, service and location on Lake St. Clair!!
Get out and see the water, see the location! You will never frorget it!
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Tastykakes, ranked
Oct 18, 2013, 9:25 AM EDT
All Tastykakes are delicious. But all Tastykakes are not created equal. Some are just a bit more delicious than others. This is the order of deliciousness:
15. Anything sugar free
Just buy some carrot sticks.
14. Snowballs
Are they really pink? What kind of person buys these?
13. Dreamies
Twinkie's step sister.
12. Chocolate Bells
These things are good but they're just like a weird cupcake flipped over and more challenging to eat.
11. Honeybuns
Too much sugar.
10. Danish
Eh, who really wants to eat a Danish? Your grandmother? We're not in Finland.
9. Cookie Bars (Oatmeal Raisin)
Surprisingly solid and easy to eat when you're in a hurry without the mess. Reliable.
8. Tasty Klair
Listed this one out on it's own because it's technically one of the pies but has that doughnut vibe to it. The liquid goo is what I imagine the mystical foods in Nintendo's Zelda taste like.
7. Kandy Bar Kakes (Peanut Butter w/ actual Reese's jawns)
These are new and what inspired these rankings. Went out last night and got the peanut butter kind and it was damn good. You get that familiar soft kakey inside with a nice chocolate crust but the gooey peanut butter center makes you melt. Very good.
6. Pies (Apple)
5. Chocolate Junior
Both the Chocolate Junior and Koffee Kake Junior are pretty banging but the chocolate clearly has the icing (also icing in the middle! so important) to even out all that kake. Must have a coffee or big glass of milk to get through one of these guys. The proportions of the cupcake are far superior as you'll read below.
4. Rich frosted mini donuts (Chocolate)
Perfectly sized, well proportioned cake to icing, and easy to pop and eat on the go. Be weary of the powdered sugar because then your coworkers may think you have some yayo problem.
3. Krimpet (Butterscotch, obviously)
Sometimes it's nice to feel like you're sitting in third grade again eating your brown bagged lunch.
2. Peanut Butter Kandy Kake
One of Philadelphia's gifts to the world.
1. Cream Filled Cupcake (chocolate cake, vanilla icing and filling)
The perfect mix of cake and icing on top with the super amazing bonus icing in the middle of the cupcake. The only thing wrong with these are the tough decision you are faced with on how to approach the ball of icing amazingness in the center. Do you save it to the end for one euphoric bite of icing ball? Or do you ration out a little piece of said icing surprise with each bite? Sometimes life's decisions are not easy.
*FULL DISCLOSURE*: This post was in no way sponsored by Tastykake but if anyone over there wants to send us cases of Tastykakes for this free advertising we can certainly get you our mailing address and highly encourage you to do so.
Post also inspired by this regional food rankings post over at Deadspin, Hamilton Nolan's ranking of things like animals and fruit, and because my buddy The Evster live tweeted his eating of one of the new Kandy Kake Bars yesterday which inspired me to go out and purchase one of the peanut butter variety last night with a gallon of milk (2%).
- loud - Oct 18, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Tastykake should send you a ton since they have extra cases sitting around being that the Flyers cant score this year.
- themajor - Oct 19, 2013 at 7:30 AM
I think you forgot a key component. Freezing them.
- charlie d - Oct 19, 2013 at 5:29 PM
"…..the super amazing bonus icing in the middle….." My girlfriend has had the same question run through her head while giving me, um, you know.
- micksview - Oct 20, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Dont sleep on Dreamies. They are better than Twinkies
- Les - Oct 20, 2013 at 11:03 AM
My mom went for a job at Tastykake in the 1940′s. They had a huge billboard in their employment offices stating "NIGERS AND JEWS NEED NOT APPLY". I know that times may have changed as laws have forced companies to be fair in their hiring practices, but attitudes in the fabric of the minds of the owners and senior management doesn't change, it just gets "politically correct" for the sake of higher sales and profits. I don't care how tasty their cakes are, I for one won't support that company with my business.
- Handsome Pete - Oct 20, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Good thing they sold the company a few years ago. Nothing stopping you now.
- Martin Buggy - Oct 21, 2013 at 12:23 PM
Actually the vanilla icing you speak of is "butter cream" icing and they are one of my favorites.
- ken smith - Mar 4, 2014 at 5:31 PM
I want tastykake brownies and can't get them.why
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Mitch Barnhart weighed in on the state of Kentucky football yesterday while speaking to the City Salesman's Club in Louisville. Of note, he specifically said that the school's football program is "not where we want it to be just yet."
(We'll pause to allow Wildcat fans to say, "Duh!")
Barnhart spoke about both the program and its coach, Joker Phillips:
"We made some progress and climbed up the hill a little bit and were doing some good things in a really tough league but we've found that we've stubbed our toes a little bit. We've got to figure that out and we'll get that figured out…
Joker is one of my dearest friends. I think the world of him. We've been together nine years in some way, shape or form as an assistant coach, coordinator and now as a head coach… I think the world of him as a man and as a coach and as a leader of our young men and what he's done. We just have to figure out the football piece and ow we get that going in the right direction."
Kentucky is currently 1-8 overall and 0-6 in the SEC. The Cats' lone win came over Kent State back in Week Two of the season. Now in his third season, Phillips is 12-22 as UK's coach. Rich Brooks went 22-17 as the captain of the Big Blue program before turning the wheel over to Phillips.
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When the final match of the weekend ended there were cheers, tears and smiles all over the exhibition center, as Masashiro Kuroda held his wife, his Pro Tour Championship trophy, and the $30,000 check in victory. Kuroda almost didn't make it to this point, following his career trend of slipping a bit after an undefeated day one performance. But, he pulled it back together and fought his way into the Top 8, where his burn heavy deck dominated the competition. After his Fireball dealt the final points of damage to win the tournament, the hall erupted in emotion from the Japanese Magic players, who had been waiting so long to have their own Pro Tour Champion. Even the non-Japanese players stood up in applause and respect. Kuroda dedicated his win to the Japanese Magic players who had made it to the finals of past events, and said that he felt the championship belonged to them and the Japanese Magic community just as much as it belonged to him.
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MONTROSE – In a continuing effort to educate and foster inquisitiveness about all things in the sky, the Black Canyon Astronomical Society has begun its 13th year with scheduled outreach programs designed to stimulate public interest in astronomy in southwestern Colorado.
With regular programs at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Ridgway State Park and in the area's schools throughout the school year, the club and its 31 members, from Silverton to the North Fork Valley, remain passionate about tracking and observing the heavens for public education.
"Our primarily focus as a club is outreach," Society President Bryan Cashion said at the club's first monthly meeting on Jan. 29.
Cashion said he was pleased to have a large turnout at the club's first star-gazing event, held four days later at the Black Canyon on a chilly winter evening on the South Rim.
He said light cloud cover prevented perfect viewing but small pockets of open sky were available for the club and their dozens of telescopes.
"Usually what tends to hook people the most is to look through a telescope. It's the wow factor. And it's amazing that's the word you hear the most, you don't hear awesome, spectacular or beautiful very much; it's mostly wow," Cashion said, adding the purpose of the club is "to instill a sense of wonder and excitement about not only the science of what they're seeing but of the beauty as well."
He said events at the Black Canyon can draw between 30 and 70 attendees, and at Ridgway State Park 50 to 70 people have attended in the past.
"We hold them at the visitor's center near the campgrounds, so we usually get people wandering over," Cashion said.
He said people who attend their functions get a quick education on celestial objects, including constellations, star clusters, galaxies and nebulae ,and the movements they make relative to the Earth.
"We try to give them as much as we can in just a few minutes ... some scientific information about what their looking at," Cashion said.
Thirteen-year-old Montrose student Sam Mebane attended the Jan. 29 meeting along with his mother, Elizabeth. It was their first meeting. Drawing more first time attendees is a goal the club continues to pursue.
Sam said he was excited about the meeting's presentation on dark matter, given by founding club member Monica Treadway. He said his long term goal is to work for the federal government on machines that operate in space.
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Good food let down by subpar service – My wife and I went with a Groupon coupon on Memorial Day weekend. Our meals were both excellent. I had the very flavorful shrimp and calamari with linguine, and she had the rigatoni with eggplant. We even took it home. The total came to $21. I would have gladly tipped 15-20% on $40.
Here's where it got bad. The waiter was incredibly distracted and so was the staff. Twice I had to go find someone to get the check. The inside room was only half-empty; there were plenty of bus people milling about. There was no one at the bar, and the manager was in the kitchen while I tried to get someone's attention.
Again, the food is good but it's frustrating to wait 20 minutes just to pay the bill. I'd go back in hopes that the service experience can match the food, but I'll go with patience!
My favorite Italian Restaurant – Loved Baked clams and free Mussel Bar. I have been there several times and always welcomed and they treat me like a family. Great Service and Food. I had Veal Parmigiana and was delicious. And Fried Calamari is a MUST. You can not get better Fried Calamari at any other place!
Food and service are poor – I've been here a number of times because I've been in the neighborhood and now I'm inspired to write a review after sampling numerous items and being disappointed time and time again. The cold seafood antipasto and grilled calamari were both lacking flavor and desperately needed something else in order to taste good, same goes for their salads. The seafood skewers were alright, but the pasta that comes with certain dishes is just plain and not very tasty.
I also don't like how they only take cash or American Express, yet when my friend tried to pay with her AmEx card the waiter said we had not ordered enough and still had to pay cash.
Deffinitly had better – Came into the restaurant roughly around 4PM on a Thursday and the place was COMPLETELY empty. Strangely enough the waiter just happen to seat us RIGHT next to the bathroom (maybe because we had a groupon?) which is so tiny that I was barely able to maneuver and REEKED of urine. I ordered the seafood fettuccine and it was meh ok, I've had better at 7A, some of the pasta was hard. My boyfriend got the chicken parm and it was lukewarm. The place had flies everywhere and most of our time was spent fending them off of our food.
Bottom line: The service was bad, took 15 minutes to get my check. The food was way too mediocre for the price. The seafood wasn't as fresh as they say. The bathroom and restaurant were not very hygienic, my chair had crumbs all over it. The many flies. The cups weren't very clean, when i pointed out to the waiter that there were white floating particles in my water he didn't believe me so I had to take a knife and stir the water until all of it floated up, the pieces we actually VERY visible to the naked eye. I would never come here again coupon or no.
What a place! – I had a birthday gathering last Sunday and made a reservation online.
When I got to the restaurant, Nick, the manager with whom I had been corresponding, greeted me personally almost immediately and let me knew that once my party assembled my table was waiting.
Even as my party size grew and grew (who knew I had so many hungry friends?!) the restaurant was graciously accomodating. Our server Jay, never missed a beat the entire evening and a good time was had by all.
Oh, I had the seafood lasagna (Jay's recommendation) and it was filling and delicious.
The price is more than affordable. The restaurant is lovely and the staff even more so.
I have no complaints at my time spent here, tell all my friends about it and I will definitely be back.
Hello? The food is really cheap for a reason – I'm sorry but I am keeping this one short. The food is cheap for a reason because it's just not that good. For a couple of extra dollars an entree, I can imagine it being much better, but the food is priced so cheap for a reason. The pasta here tastes like cheap Chinese take-out lo mein. People are into this place because it is basically a crowded bar first and an Italian restaurant second.
Great garden – I came to know this restaurant on timeout new york, visited their website...wow it's wonderful website, in addition, it attracted me to have had a dinner there.
I made reservation first because they suggest 10% discout through reservation. I commented I'd like to get a tabel at Garden...
Last saturday, I and my friends came in without any waiting, went though the way to garden. It's so beautiful..
We ordered summer salad, stuffed mushrooms, spinach salad as appetizer. They were all excellent. especialy stuffed mushroom was so fantastic.
And I had Seafood Lasagna as main...It was top homeade pasta. Wine and beer list were enough to enjoy them. In addition, service was so friendly, I never missed my smile during dinner time there.
I appreciate all of thme to Cucina and I'd be back!!
Nice Dinner!! – We had dinner yesterday. I had really really great time for dinner. Friendly service, delicious food, resonable price (it's very cheap). I added this restaurant in my best list.
Great restaurant for birthday party – Yesterday, we had dinner to celebrate friend's birthday. I'd made reservation for 9 and then we didn't waste time to get seats. Their generous service was very impressive and even more sang a song to celebrate...it's really appreciated. Food was very yummy and winelist was very notable too. Atmosphere was very romantic due to lots of candle lits. We were very satisfied with all of their service. I will be back to Cucina.
Highly recommend – I went there for my friend's bd party yesterday. We were 6 and made a reservation for party. Manager gave us good spot and very friendly. Food? very delicious, seafood, pasta and dessert. Wine list is notable and most of all we got enjoyable time for the party as if we had in our own place. The staff helped us to enjoy our own time. I marked Cucina on my favorite list.
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Q: I have been looking for a job for several months now. I am expecting a written job offer within the next week or so after the new company checks my references. I realize that I am not sure how to quit in a professional way. Any tips for that?
A: You are smart to be thoughtful in your upcoming departure. How you leave a job speaks volumes about your professionalism. A few tips:
1. Give appropriate notice. Most employers expect at least two weeks notice. There may be extenuating circumstances where three or more weeks might be appreciated. Examples where more than two weeks notice might be helpful to your former employer: a vacant position within your department, a colleague on a leave of absence or vacation or an important deadline or launch.
2. When communicating your intent to leave the company, inform your direct supervisor first in a private way. Hopefully this information can be communicated in person. Or if your supervisor works in a different location or is traveling, a phone call may be the best alternative to an in-person meeting. No supervisor likes to hear about one of their team members leaving through the grapevine.
3. Put some thought into a transition plan. Who can pick up some of your responsibilities after you leave? How can the work still get completed? The plan may not be perfect but you have given it some thought so your supervisor can think proactively so work does not fall through the cracks.
4. Don't burn bridges. Don't sabotage your former employer. Be gracious and helpful about responding to questions even after you have left.
5. If given the opportunity to participate in an exit interview (i.e., a final meeting about your reasons for leaving, details about benefits, pay, etc.), try to present your feedback in a helpful way. There may be negatives about your former company, former boss or former role, but try to weave in some positive comments too.
Finally, it is a small world. You want to depart on professional terms because you may be working with some of your former co-workers in a future life. One of them may be a future client, manager or colleague!
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Do all Jeep T-cases look the same to you? In the junkyard, did you ever mistake a Quadra-Trac for a rare aluminum Spicer 18? Are you as lost as Pee-wee Herman at a rodeo when it comes to identifying what T-case your Jeep left the factory with? Don't know if your factory case is a keeper or junk; or where to get upgrades for it? If so, this guide may be worth keeping around in your garage or shop. We wish we had enough space to go into every little detail on every unit built, but we don't. So, instead we picked those we thought were most important and put together this guide.
The Odd Ones
The following cases are less common and less popular for various reasons. These oddballs are not ideal for swaps due to their complexity or a problematic vacuum engagement system. All can be identified by a round tag on the rear portion of the case.
NV247J/ NP249: These cases came in '93-'98 ZJ (NV249 Quadra-Trac) and '99-'04 WJ (NV247J Quadra-Trac II). Each has a full-time 4WD system that automatically biased torque between front and rear axles. For the '99 WJ, the NP247 "Quadra-Drive II" was introduced. The system used a gerotor pump to proportion torque through an internal clutch setup. When coupled with Jeep's Vari-Loc axles (WJ only) the entire system was called Quadra-Drive instead of Quadra-Trac II. Unfortunately, NV247s can be problematic and expensive to repair and are not recommended as swap candidates.
NP219: Found in '80-'82 full-size Cherokees and Wagoneers, the NP219 is based off the NP208. Comprised of a full-time 4WD chain-drive system with an aluminum case, the major difference between the NP219 and other models in the NP208 family is the lack of a vacuum-operated center differential.
NP228 and NP229: Found in '80-'84 full-size Cherokees and Wagoneers, the NP228 and NP229 were based on the NP208 and feature the same exterior shell and chain-driven 4WD system. The only difference between the two is found in 4-Hi. On the NP228 the center differential will remain open in 4-Hi while the NP229 has a limited-slip differential to assist with high-range traction. Both units have differentials that will lock 100-percent when 4-Lo is selected and both feature a vacuum-operated center differential.
Spicer 18
The Spicer 18 is lightweight and employs a compact design that fits within the tight confines of smaller vehicles.
Found in: Bantam BRC, Willys MA and MB, Ford GP and GPW, CJ-2, CJ-2A, CJ-3A, CJ-3B, M-38, M38A1, CJ-5, CJ-6, and the FC-150 and FC-170.
Identifying it: It is the only cast-iron Jeep T-case with both outputs on the passenger side. The PTO is on the back of the case and drives directly off the input gear. This unique arrangement allows fitment of PTO accessories or planetary overdrive units.
Variations: Thirty years of production allowed the Spicer 18 to see much refinement. Five major versions exist; early '41-'45, '45-'46; '46-'55; '55-'71; and '66-'71. Early versions had a 1.97:1 low range, while the latter versions featured a 2.43:1 or 2.46:1 low range. With each new version came improvements to the size of intermediate shaft as well as upgrades to bearing design. Most early Spicer 18s came with twin-stick shifters from the factory, but many later models also employed single-stick shifters. The most sought-after version is found behind Buick V-6-powered CJs sporting T-86 or T-14 transmissions. This variant sports a 4.00-inch locating bore and a sturdier housing more akin to the Dana 20.
Pros/Cons: It's strong for its size and the inline front and rear outputs simplify off-road driving by aligning the lowest hanging parts of the undercarriage—which is especially handy for rockcrawling scenarios. The downfall to the Spicer 18 is found in the design of the case. Under some extreme circumstances the case is known to crack between the intermediate shaft bore, the case bottom opening, or the PTO window. Due to the offset rear output design, some inherent power loss is unavoidable since all the engine power must transfer through the intermediate gear.
Aftermarket: Novak offers a billet-aluminum inspection pan and PTO cover and TeraFlex sells a 3.15:1 low-range gearsets Overdrive choices include genuine vintage Warn or Husky (Warn knock-off); modern Saturn Overdrive by Advance Adapters; or ATV Mfg. Overdrive by ATV Manufacturing.
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MUSKOKA - As it did in 2010 with great success, Gravenhurst will be playing host community to the 2014 Ontario Youth Winter Games opening ceremonies.
It has the potential to be an incredibly busy and fruitful weekend for the town as the tentative dates for the games, Feb. 27 through March 2, fall over the same period when the Gravenhurst Winter Carnival is scheduled to be in full swing.
Amy Taylor, the town's community events facilitator and marketing assistant said the exact dates have not yet "been set in stone," but at this point it appears it will be during the carnival.
"It will be another busy weekend for us," she said.
Taylor said the town has also been approved to host sledge hockey and wrestling, both potentially big draws for athletes and spectators.
She added the town is bidding to host volleyball and curling as well, although the latter may end up being hosted in Orillia as wheelchair athletes will be involved in curling this games and that city's rink is better equipped to handle those with mobility issues.
"They both (volleyball and wrestling) bring over 450 athletes to town, plus coaches, plus support (personnel)," Taylor added.
Council officially approved its financial contribution of $16,569 during its meeting Nov. 20. That cost will be split in two and covered in both the 2013 and 2014 municipal budgets. Based on a per capita ratio ($1.50 per person, based on the 2006 census), split between the eight Muskoka area hosting communities, Gravenhurst is responsible for 19.3 per cent of the games' entire budget of approximately $1.2 million. Although not likely, as a Sport Alliance of Ontario condition for hosting, the town has also agreed it will provide an equal 19.3 per cent ratio to any deficit incurred. Bracebridge is the main host community and leading the effort, with Gravenhurst, Georgian Bay, Huntsville, Lake of Bays, Muskoka Lakes, Wahta Mohawk First Nation and potentially Orillia rounding out the list of event hosts.
In 2010, with a budget of about $1.18 million, some $1.4 million in revenues were generated and left a legacy fund of $200,000 to be granted back into the host communities for various charities and community organizations.
"The last winter games here were such a great success," said Mayor Paisley Donaldson, who added the events and hosting the opening ceremonies meant a great deal financially to the town. "It was a huge weekend for us."


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When I was a kid, I wrote fiction but gave it up for a life of crime (no, not really) until I was about 26, when I started writing in the morning before work—first on the bus, then in a coffee shop. This writing became the book Alice, I Think, which was first published by a small Canadian press called Thistledown in 2000.
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